The following poems are used to help the children form numbers correctly:
1
Straight line down
Then you're done.
That's the way to make a one!
2
Around and back on the railroad track!
2-2-2-2!
3
Around the tree, Around the tree,
That's the way to make a three!
4
Down and over, down once more.
That's the way to make a four!
5
Straight line down, then around.
Hat on top, five's a clown!
6
A stick and a hoop, do the tricks,
That's the way to make a six!
7
Across the sky, then slant the line.
Makes a seven every time!
8
Make an S and do not wait.
Go back up and make an eight!
9
A loop and a line,
makes a nine!
10
One comes first and zero then.
That is how you make a ten!